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Traditional Photography in a Digital Age

Traditional photography doesn't have a clear definition other than it does not involve the use of digital processes but instead uses silver based film and paper at the core of its process. It is called traditional because it represents the way photography has been done since its origins and because it is the process closest to nature herself.

With the emergence of digital processes there has been no clear leadership from major museums, art historians, or photographic critics regarding a distinction between the silver based photography that had its beginnings in the 1880's and the computer based photography that interestingly had its beginnings in the 1980's.

Why should anyone care? Art work has always been described and valued in terms of its process. Traditional photographs are basically handmade. Digital photography relies on silicon sensors, complex electronics, hundreds of computer programmers, and machine made prints. There are those that would have you believe that digital is just an evolution of photography. For snapshots and commercial photography this is true. As art it is a new process, in the same way as acrylic paintings are separated from oil paintings. This is not to imply that digitally produced work is inadequate, just that it is different.

If you are investing in fine art or are serious about art, you must ask yourself would you prefer to invest in an original painting or a poster of it?

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Vic Mitchell Photography Traditional Photography in a Digital Age

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Traditional Photography in a Digital Age